Sir Archibald Grant of Monemusk's Reel
| ID | JSS0530 |
| Title | Sir Archibald Grant of Monemusk's Reel |
| Document Reference | Hend inst Dow t |
| Format | 251 x 170 mm |
| Medium | Printed Music sheet |
| Item Type | Printed Collection |
| Subject | Scottish Music, Reel |
| Item Description | Grant of Monymusk, Aberdeenshire, was a great 18th-century 'improver', who set up new and far-sighted farming methods. A President of the Aberdeen Musical Society (see JSS0652 - JSS0662), he employed a singing teacher, Thomas Channon, to teach his estate tenants to sing harmonised psalms, a skill almost unknown anywhere in Scotland. The laird was celebrated by a practice-verse - secular words to a sacred song - so it could be practised outwith the church: 'How lovely is thy dwelling-place, / Sir Archie Grant to me; / The home-park, and the policies, / How pleasant, Sir, they be.' |
| Creator | Daniel Dow |
| Publisher | J Brysson, Edinburgh |
| Time Period | 1750s-1780s |
| Relationships | JSS0529, JSS0531 |
| Location | University of Aberdeen |
| Collection Name | Thirty Seven New Reels & Strathspeys for the Violin, Harpsichord, Piano Forte or German Flute, composed by Daniel Dow |
| Copyright | http://www.abdn.ac.uk/diss/historic/documents/copyright |
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